The Comic Source Podcast

Jace chats with Steve McGarry and Luke McGarry about the Mullets collection. Steve created the strip back in 2003 with fellow cartoonist Rick Stromoski. The comic revolved around the characters Kevin and Scab, two dim-witted friends who shared a trailer and worked at a place called Mildew's Hardware Store, which was owned by Kevin's dad. The strip lasted for a little over a year, but had a cult fo...

Jace welcomes Tom King and Ryan Sook to the show to chat about the upcoming Black Canary: Best of the Best. Tom talks about the birht of the project from conversations that are likely familiat to many comic fans, about who would beat who in a fight. Also, in his constant evolution as a writer where he is always searching for new ways to tell a story, he talks about the inherent challenges of havin...

Jace and Rocky talk about a few of the independent titles for the week of November 6, 2024. The search for clones who can turn into psychopaths at any moment continues in Skin Police, but we meet the clone rebellion who have a much better way to deal with clones "poping". Exit City is the final entry into the Underworld Universe at Mad Cave and it might be the most compelling yet as we are introdu...

Jace and Rocky take a deep dive into Absolute Superman #1 with a page by page breakdown. The creative team does an incredible job with a Superman who is incredibly true to the core of the characters but everything else feels very fresh. The isolated feel of Kal-El is so different from what we are used to, but makes so much sense with the version of Krypton we see in the first issue. When you coupl...

Jace and Rocky chat about the DC Comics for the week of November 6, 2024. Batgirl returns to headlining her own title in a new #1 with great action. JSA also has a strong debut issue with a huge cast all getting a chance to shine. There is a stunning final page in Batman, as well as a great cliffhange in Action Comics. Birds of Prey has, what is arguably it's best issue to date and Posion Ivy cont...

Jace talks with writer Mark London and color artist David Baron about Exit City. This is the third and final title that fits into the Underworld Universe at Mad Cave Studios. The universe is so unique in that each title truly stands on it's own in terms of story and style, how they will come together remains to be seen. Exit City itself is part science fiction and part old school police procedural...

Jace chats with Kami Garcia about her Teen Titans YA books and the upcoming addition to the series focusing on Starfire. Kami gives us her thoughts on the series overall and the origins of these more relatable versions of these beloved characters. She also talks about the relationships between the Titans, the idea of found family and the importance of readers seeing themselves in the heroes. Starf...

Jace welcomes wrtier J.Holtham and cartoonist Micheal Lee Harris to the show to talk about their entry into the Horizon Experiment, Motherf*cking Monsters. The Horizon Experiement is a storytelling intiative that takes a familiar genre or storytelling trope and flips it on its head by swapping in diverse characters and ideas that fundementally change how the story unfolds. In this case, it is Evil...

Jace welcomes Mark Waid back to the show to talk about Justice League Unlimited. Mark talks about coming onto the project and bringing a similiar energy that he and Dan Mora had on World's Finest with bringing in many characters from DC's extensive history. He is always cognisant of keeping a balance between the big stars, some of the more complimentary characters and also some deeper cut characte...

Jace and Rocky chat about their favorite independent titles for the week of October 30, 2024. Ghost Machine is here with another two fantastic titles, the most heartfelt issue of Redcoat to date and perhaps of the entire Ghost Machine era. Meanwhile, Devour gives us a horrifying glkimpse into Hyde St that is that much more terrifying in it's realism. Meanwhile Knights vs Samurai continues the hist...

Jace and Rocky chat about the DC Comics titles for the week of October 30, 2024. It's a fifth week of releases for the month and that means a small week for DC, but we have some great titles out this week. Action Comics continues it's weekly release as the story ramps up and Superman finds himself in a very unexpected place by the end of the issue. We also celebrate the Penguin with a title reprin...

Jace sits down with writer Garl Moloney and artist Daniel Romero at NYCC 2024 to talk about their series from Madcave Studios, When the Blood has Dried. A deeply emotional story about a woman who has tried to leave the blood-soaked adventure of her past behind, but when that past comes to the sleepy little town she now calls home, she may not be able to keep her secrets from spilling out. The guys...

Jace is joined by Jackson Lanzing at NYCC 2024 to catch us up on what's been happening in Star Wars. The line has been a huge hit for IDW and rightfully so. The guys talk about how additive the series has been and how Jackson, along with his writing partner Colin Kelly, have been able to evolve some of our favorite characters beyond where we last saw them in their respective shows. Plus, Jackson p...

Jace chat with writer Dan DiDio at New York Comic Con about his Mad Cave series, Defenders of the Earth. Based on the hit cartoon that debuted in 1986, it follows some of the first characters to appear in comics and pulp magazines. What makes Defenders of the Earth special is that it brings in the next genreation as the children of Flash Gordon, Mandrake, The Phantom and Lothar join them in their...

Jace is joined by Bryce Gold, Head of New Talent at DSTLRY and Sean Edgar, Senior Marketing Director at DSTLRY who are co-editors on the upcoming holiday offering from the award-winning publisher. In a very short time, DSTLRY has established itself as a publisher to watch both in terms of the plethora of very talented creators under their banner and the quality of the titles coming in print and di...

Jace welcomes Ringo and Emmy award winning cartoonist Dean Haspiel back to the show. Dean is running a Kickstarter to expand on the story of Chest Face, a charcter that made his 2023 debut in  Spider-Squirrel & Trash Panda Titan-Sized Special! In addition to talking about the origins of this project, the guys dive into the personal feel of Dean's work and touch on all his previous Kickstarters tha...

Jace is joined by writer Richard Ashkley Hamilton to chat about his series at Maverick, Scoop. Set in Miami, where Richard himself spent his chlldhood, Scoop tells the story of young Sophie Cooper as she interns at a local news station in the hopes of using it's resources to clear her father's name after he is wrongly accused of a crime he did not commit. The story packs a lot in its first two vol...

Jace and Rocky dive into a great week of independent books with another installement of the Horizon Experiment, this time it's the Sacred Damned focusing on an exorcist from Middle Eastern Culture. Also the fun and nostalgic Grommets continues with a wild party that gets out of hand, Rook Exodus concludes it's first arc and the feel of hte book shift slightly with seemingly embracing his role as a...

Jace and Rocky chat about the biggest week of the DC Comics All In Era yet as they tackle the books for the week of October 23, 2024. We get a glimpse into the gloomy world of Green Lantern Dark, while Hellblazer: Dead In America is dark in a enitrely drifferent way with the continued cynical look at America that has just one issue left. Batman Brave and the Bold has a heartwarming story that remi...

Jace and Rocky talk about some of the independents books for the week of October 16, 2024. We have the end of the Catalyst War in Radiant Black and it is just as action-packed and balanced with emotion as you would expect, an absolute amazing comic. Falling In Love On the Path to Hell continues to surprise with an interesting mix of emotion and action in it's own right. The new volume of Witchblad...

We move to the third week of the DC Comics All In publishing initiative and the books continue to be great. Wonderful jumping on points for Titans and Catwoman. Green Lantern continues with tons of action and a classic feel, while the current era of Nightwing comes to a close in a hugely satisfying issue. Plus Batman and Robin Year One and Action Comics feel like timeless books that allow readers...

Jace is joined by writer Sabir Pirzada to talk about his Horizon Experiment book, The Sacred Damned. Drawing inspiration from some of his favorite horrow movies, including The Exorcist, Sabir has crafted a tale focused on a Muslim exorcist who looks at the spirit world quite differently that characters with Western origins. Sabir talks about the relationship that middle eastern cultures have with...

Jace chats with the creative team for Heebie Jeebies a young reader title with a spooky story just in time for Halloween. The team chats about the art style which perfectly suits the story they wanted to tell. Plus the relevant themes fo the book whuch speak to readers of all ages, but especially readers the same age as the main characters of Blue and Herchel as they navigate the 5th grade. There'...

Jace and Rocky are back to chat about some of the independent titles for the week of October 9, 2024. We get a second printing of the first issue of Life from DSTLRY and #1 hits stands as well, action packed with an intriguing heist story set on a planet where life sentences are taken very literally, the story is told from two very different perspectives. Meanwhile, the Scarlett mini-series finish...

Jace is joined by writer Jeff Lemire to talk about his plans for the upcoming JSA title. The most recent JSA series nonwithstanding, as it was plagued by delays, this will be the first time since pre-New 52 that the JSA takes a prominent role in the DCU. Hear what Jeff has to say about making sure the JSA feels like an important part of the new All In Era. Also find out which character surpised Je...